Booting The System From Console Mode; Successful Power-Up To Console Mode - DEC VAX 4000 300 Manual

2.4.2 Booting the System from Console Mode

When the Break Enable/Disable switch is set to enable, the system
powers on to console mode (indicated by the
completing its self-tests (assuming you have not defined a halt action
of or
REBOOT RESTART_REBOOT
Figure 2–7 shows a successful power-up to console mode.
Figure 2–7: Successful Power-Up to Console Mode
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Performing normal system tests.
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Tests completed.
>>>
Loading System Software
To load system software from console mode, enter the BOOT command,
''BOOT device name''. For example,
>>>
BOOT MUA0
tells the system to boot software from a cartridge in the TK70 tape drive.
If you enter the BOOT command without specifying a device, the system
will attempt to boot from the default boot device, or string of devices defined
by the SET BOOT command.
Using ''BOOT device-name,device-name,device-name'', you can also specify
a string of boot devices (up to 32 characters, with devices separated by
commas and no spaces) for which the system will attempt to boot software.
The system checks the devices in the order specified and boots from the
first one that contains bootable software. For example,
>>>
BOOT DUA0,DIA0,MUA0,EZA0
directs the system to boot from the first device in the list that contains
bootable software.
NOTE: If included in a string of boot devices, the Ethernet device, EZA0,
should only be placed as the last device of the string. The system will
continuously attempt to boot from EZA0.
prompt) after successfully
>>>
using the SET HALT console command).
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